μάτταβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek and related to μάτη (mátē, “folly”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mát.ta.bos/ → /ˈmat.ta.βos/ → /ˈma.ta.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mát.ta.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmat.ta.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmat.ta.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmat.ta.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ta.vos/

Adjective

μάτταβος • (máttabos)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: μωρός (mōrós, “stupid, dull, sluggish”).

Further reading

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Hesychius' Lexicon: μ